This book constitutes the proceedings of the Second International Conference on Space Information Network, SINC 2017, held in Yinchuan, China, in August 2017. The 27 full and three short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 145 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on system architecture and efficient networking mechanism; theory and method of high speed transmission; sparse representation and fusion processing.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the First International Conference on Space Information Network, SINC 2016, held in Kunming, China, in August 2016. The 18 full and 6 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 139 submissions.The theme of the conference encompasses new progress and development tendency of the space information network and related fields, There were 3 sections in the proceedings of SINC 2016 including the model of space information network and mechanism of high performance networking, theory and method of high speed transmission in space dynamic network, and sparse representation and fusion process in space information.

Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems can increase the spectral efficiency in wireless communications. However, the interference becomes the major drawback that leads to high computational complexity at both transmitter and receiver. In particular, the complexity of MIMO receivers can be prohibitively high. As an efficient mathematical tool to devise low complexity approaches that mitigate the interference in MIMO systems, lattice reduction (LR) has been widely studied and employed over the last decade. The co-authors of this book are world's leading experts on MIMO receivers, and here they share the key findings of their research over years. They detail a range of key techniques for receiver design as multiple transmitted and received signals are available. The authors first introduce the principle of signal detection and the LR in mathematical aspects. They then move on to discuss the use of LR in low complexity MIMO receiver design with respect to different aspects, including uncoded MIMO detection, MIMO iterative receivers, receivers in multiuser scenarios, and multicell MIMO systems.

This brief presents a unified analytical framework for the evaluation of drive-thru Internet performance and accordingly proposes an optimal spatial access control management approach. A comprehensive overview and in-depth discussion of the research literature is included. It summarizes the main concepts and methods, and highlights future research directions. The brief also introduces a novel cooperative vehicular communication framework together with a delicate linear cluster formation scheme and low-delay content forwarding approach to provide a flexible and efficient vehicular content distribution in the drive-thru Internet. The presented medium access control and vehicular content distribution related research results in this brief provide useful insights for the design approach of Wi-Fi enabled vehicular communications and it motivates a new line of thinking for the performance enhancements of future vehicular networking. Advanced-level students, researchers and professionals interested in vehicular networks or coordinated network sharing will find Cooperative Vehicular Communications in the Drive-thru Internet a valuable reference.

Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems can increase the spectral efficiency in wireless communications. However, the interference becomes the major drawback that leads to high computational complexity at both transmitter and receiver. In particular, the complexity of MIMO receivers can be prohibitively high. As an efficient mathematical tool to devise low complexity approaches that mitigate the interference in MIMO systems, lattice reduction (LR) has been widely studied and employed over the last decade. The co-authors of this book are world's leading experts on MIMO receivers, and here they share the key findings of their research over years. They detail a range of key techniques for receiver design as multiple transmitted and received signals are available. The authors first introduce the principle of signal detection and the LR in mathematical aspects. They then move on to discuss the use of LR in low complexity MIMO receiver design with respect to different aspects, including uncoded MIMO detection, MIMO iterative receivers, receivers in multiuser scenarios, and multicell MIMO systems.

Table of Contents - Synthesis in the Key of Catellani: Norbornene-Mediated ortho C-H Functionalization - Mechanistic Considerations in the Development and Use of Azine, Diazine and Azole N-Oxides in Palladium-Catalyzed Direct Arylation - Palladium and Copper Catalysis in Regioselective, Intermolecular Coupling of C-H and C-Hal Bonds - Pd-Catalyzed C-H Bond Functionalization on the Indole and Pyrrole Nucleus - Remote C-H Activation via Through-Space Palladium and Rhodium Migrations - Palladium-Catalyzed Aryl-Aryl Bond Formation Through Double C-H Activation - Palladium-Catalyzed Allylic C-H Bond Functionalization of Olefins - Ruthenium-Catalyzed Direct Arylations Through C-H Bond Cleavages - Rhodium-Catalyzed C-H Bond Arylationof Arenes - Cross-Dehydrogenative Coupling Reactions of sp3-Hybridized C-H Bonds - Functionalization of Carbon-Hydrogen Bonds Through Transition Metal Carbenoid Insertion - Metal-Catalyzed Oxidations of C-H to C-N Bonds

Table of Contents - Synthesis in the Key of Catellani: Norbornene-Mediated ortho C-H Functionalization - Mechanistic Considerations in the Development and Use of Azine, Diazine and Azole N-Oxides in Palladium-Catalyzed Direct Arylation - Palladium and Copper Catalysis in Regioselective, Intermolecular Coupling of C-H and C-Hal Bonds - Pd-Catalyzed C-H Bond Functionalization on the Indole and Pyrrole Nucleus - Remote C-H Activation via Through-Space Palladium and Rhodium Migrations - Palladium-Catalyzed Aryl-Aryl Bond Formation Through Double C-H Activation - Palladium-Catalyzed Allylic C-H Bond Functionalization of Olefins - Ruthenium-Catalyzed Direct Arylations Through C-H Bond Cleavages - Rhodium-Catalyzed C-H Bond Arylationof Arenes - Cross-Dehydrogenative Coupling Reactions of sp3-Hybridized C-H Bonds - Functionalization of Carbon-Hydrogen Bonds Through Transition Metal Carbenoid Insertion - Metal-Catalyzed Oxidations of C-H to C-N Bonds

This book provides new insights into the mechanisms of plant hormone-mediated growth regulation and stress tolerance covering the most recent biochemical, physiological, genetic, and molecular studies. It also highlights the potential implications of plant hormones in ensuring food security in the face of climate change. Each chapter covers particular abiotic stress (heat stress, cold, drought, flooding, soil acidity, ozone, heavy metals, elevated CO2, acid rain, and photooxidative stress) and the versatile role of plant hormones in stress perception, signal transduction, and subsequent stress tolerance in the context of climate change. Some chapters also discuss hormonal crosstalk or interaction in plant stress adaptation and highlight convergence points of crosstalk between plant hormones and environmental signals such as light, which are considered recent breakthrough studies in plant hormone research. As exogenous application or genetic manipulation of hormones can alter crop yield under favorable and/or unfavorable environmental conditions, the utilization of plant hormones in modern agriculture is of great significance in the context of global climate change. Thus, it is important to further explore how hormone manipulation can secure a good harvest under challenging environmental conditions. This volume is dedicated to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2 and 13. The volume is suitable for plant science-related courses, such as plant stress physiology, plant growth regulators, and physiology and biochemistry of phytohormones for undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate students at colleges and universities. The book can be a useful reference for academicians and scientists involved in research related to plant hormones and stress tolerance.

This book constitutes selected and revised papers of the 5th International Conference on Space Information Networks, SINC 2020, held in Shenzhen, China, in December 2020.The 11 full and 2 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 104 submissions. The papers present the latest research in the fields of space information networks.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Space Information Networks, SINC 2019, held in Wuzhen, China, in September 2019. The 16 full and 7 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 118 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on architecture and efficient networking mechanism; theories and methods of high speed transmission.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the Third International Conference on Space Information Networks, SINC 2018, held in Changchun, China, in August 2018. The 17 full and 7 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 140 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on architecture and efficient networking mechanism; theories and methods of high speed transmission; and sparse characterization and fusion processing.

Brassinosteroids in Plant Developmental Biology and Stress Tolerance provides insights into understanding the mechanisms of Brassinosteroid-regulated plant developmental biology and stress tolerance covering various biochemical, physiological, genetic and molecular studies. As unprecedented climate change poses a serious threat to global food security by intensifying environmental stresses, studies reveal that Brassinosteroids (BRs) could not only protect plants from stresses to ensure food security, but could also reduce toxic compounds in edible plant parts for assuring food safety. Therefore, utilization of BRs in modern agriculture will be of great significance in the context of global climate change. This book also highlights key information for developing eco-friendly growth regulators and understanding the importance of brassinosteroids in safe food production.

The book puts forward dynamically enabled cyber defense technology as a solution to the system homogenization problem. Based on the hierarchy of the protected information system entity, the book elaborates on current mainstream dynamic defense technologies from four aspects: the internal hardware platform, software service, information data and external network communication. It also ascertains their possible evolution routes, clarifies their relationship with existing security products, and makes macro analyses and discussions on security gain and overall system efficiency of these technologies.This book can be used as both a textbook for graduate courses related to electronic information as well as a reference for scientific researchers engaged in relevant research. It helps graduate students majoring in electronics and information sciences to gain an understanding in dynamically-enabled cyber defense. Scientists and engineers specialising in network security research should also find this book to be a useful guide on recent developments in network security.

This book introduces the basic theory and key technologies of MIMO multi-antenna system, the characteristics and applications of spatial multi-dimensional cooperative transmission in the Ground-based, Air-based and Space-based communication systems as well as several advanced technologies for spatial multidimensional cooperative transmission from theoretical and practical perspectives. The Chinese edition of this book won the 4th Chinese Government Award for Publishing, and the authors are well known in the field of Spatial Information Network.